Tired Eyes Slowly Burning

Tear Garden | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 28, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 1987
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nettwerk
• ASIN: B000005DB1
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #186,210 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece of dark electronic music., November 11, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Tired Eyes Slowly Burning (Audio CD)

This album was produced around the same time as Skinny Puppy's "Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse" and the two albums share very similar sonic characteristics. Skinny Puppy had grown out of the dark Synth-Pop scene (often mis-nomered Industrial though they sounded nothing like those bands) and by '86 they had developed a super-clean masterful sound that should have hit the top of the charts in the US but never quite made it (mostly due to poor promotion). * This album is a slightly more experimental and laid back version of the same brilliance that appears on "Mind" mainly due to the absence of Ogre's vocals and the addition of Edward Kaspell's. * cEvin Key's music shines in compliment to Edward Kaspell's dreamy voice (his voice is reminiscent of Peter "Bauhuas" Murphy's, but he is by no means a copycat). Gone are Ogre's tortured demon vocals (except on one part of "You and Me and Rainbows" which is quite jarring) and Key's music takes on a totally different vibe without Ogre's agression. * Many of the Puppy tracks on "Mind" like "Antagonism" and "One Time One Place" "musically" sound virtually identical to this Tear Garden album (the Tear Garden is just a little slower in tempo and a little less dance oriented), but Kaspell's vocals add a dreamy magic that puts "Tired Eyes" in a whole 'nother world. * This album is easily one of my all time favourites and it is a MUST-HAVE for any fan of dark electronic music. And if you do enjoy this album, I also suggest buying Puppy's "Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse" as they are so similar in sound. * As for a comparison to the later Tear Garden albums . . . this album, alas, is unique. The later three albums (Last Man to Fly, Sheila Liked the Rodeo, and To Be An Angel Blind) while very good albums in and of themselves, sound virtually nothing like this album (with a few exceptions like "A Ship Named Despair"). The later albums are very "rock band" in structure employing live drums, bass, guitars etc. where as "Tired Eyes Slowly Burning" is almost purely synthesized music (drum machines and synthesizers). BUY IT, YOU'LL LIKE IT. TRUST ME

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous...., November 26, 2004

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Adam Saunders (Toronto, Ont Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tired Eyes Slowly Burning (Audio CD)

I have loved this album from the first time I heard it back in '87. Of course back then the record did not have Centre Bullet or Ophelia (they were on a 12" single) Also this vocal version of Centre Bullet was released waaaay before the instrumental version that appeared on the CD version of Bites (it was never on the original LP of Bites, I think the instrumental version was put in as filler) Anways this album uses a lot of similar synths as Skinny Puppy's Mind:TPI because it was recorded at around the same time period. A great mix by RAVE as usual... Very interesting, intricate percussion, gorgeous ambient synths (Dwayne Goettel makes his presence known here) and of course the amazing voice of Ka-Spel ever so quirky and hypnotizing.

There was once a time when I could never go to sleep at night unless Centre Bullet was playing in the background... pure bliss... Highly recommend!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tear Garden's best release., September 25, 2004

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Jaron Evil (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tired Eyes Slowly Burning (Audio CD)

There's some very ambient stuff happening here. It's very reminiscent of Skinny Puppy, but with more melody. Most of the songs off this one have a pretty catchy hook to them, particularly the songs `Room With A View", "Déjà Vu", and the album's epic, "You And Me And Rainbows". For anyone intrigued or curious about Tear Garden, this is the album to start with. It's by far their best one. Tear Garden's music as a whole is very experimental. This album, although maintaining the band's experimental sound, is the most mainstream of all their efforts. Don't let that deter you from any of their other releases, or indeed this one if mainstream is not your thing. All their albums have something different to offer, and it's all good.